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Facilitation means enabling members of a group to take part in a process in an effective way. In this section you will find facilitation tips, tips on running a workshop, tips on creating interaction and a facilitation toolkit.

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Testimonials

Heaney, 2000

Social change references a redistribution of power and wealth favouring the disenfranchised and poorer classes and tending toward political and economic democracy. Social change aims at a shift in the relative position of classes, not in the position of individuals within one or another class.

2014-03-30T08:26:12+00:00

Social change references a redistribution of power and wealth favouring the disenfranchised and poorer classes and tending toward political and economic democracy. Social change aims at a shift in the relative position of classes, not in the position of individuals within one or another class.

http://www.thechangeagency.org/testimonials/heaney-2000/

Francesca Cancian, 1993

Activist research 'aims at challenging inequality by empowering the powerless, exposing inequalities in the status quo and promoting social changes that equalise the distribution of resources.'

2014-03-30T08:38:50+00:00

Activist research ‘aims at challenging inequality by empowering the powerless, exposing inequalities in the status quo and promoting social changes that equalise the distribution of resources.’

http://www.thechangeagency.org/testimonials/francesca-cancian-1993/

Movement Building Center

Social Movements happen when a fundamental injustice is felt deeply and widely enough that communities mobilize to challenge power holders, institutions, and society’s norms. Successful movements fundamentally shift social values and culture toward a new vision.

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2014-12-04T17:15:55+00:00

Social Movements happen when a fundamental injustice is felt deeply and widely enough that communities mobilize to challenge power holders, institutions, and society’s norms. Successful movements fundamentally shift social values and culture toward a new vision.

http://www.thechangeagency.org/testimonials/movement-building-center/

Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

The ultimate measure of people is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where they stand at times of challenge and controversy.

2014-03-30T08:22:11+00:00

The ultimate measure of people is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where they stand at times of challenge and controversy.

http://www.thechangeagency.org/testimonials/dr-martin-luther-king-jr/

Marge Piercy, ‘The Low Road’

What is a social movement? It goes on one day at a time. It starts when you care to act. It starts when you do it again after they say no. It starts when you say 'we' and know what you mean. And each day you mean one more.

2014-03-30T08:08:54+00:00

What is a social movement? It goes on one day at a time. It starts when you care to act. It starts when you do it again after they say no. It starts when you say ‘we’ and know what you mean. And each day you mean one more.

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